Nanostone Water Inc. announced today that Kelly Lange-Haider has been named Applications Director, effective immediately. Kelly will be based in the USA, in the Minneapolis-St Paul metropolitan area. “We are delighted to have Kelly join our team, she brings a wealth of global experience and expertise applying and integrating advanced membrane technology addressing ever increasing...
EXCLUSIVE: Eng. Hassan Allam, Group Chief Executive Officer for Hassan Allam Holding, gives his insight on the government’s “challenging” infrastructure programme. The depletion of natural water sources along with reducing ground-water level has pressurised countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to diversify their W, while the rise in population is leading to...
Nanostone Water Inc. announced today that Ali Kalantar has been named Vice President, of Business Development- Desalination, effective immediately. Mr. Kalantar will be based in the Company’s regional commercial office in Dubai. “We are expanding Nanostone Water’s presence in the Middle East in response to the market enthusiasm for our ceramic filtration solution for seawater...
IMPACT The plant will be the largest desalination plant in Qatar using reverse osmosis technology, producing 564 million of liters per day and serving a population of 1.1 million Dubai, March 29, 2021. ACCIONA’s Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant at Umm Al Houl in Qatar has successfully reached a production of 282 million...
Leading water industry advisory firm strengthens offering in project finance, public-private partnerships and M&A advisory services as it continues its high global growth trajectory OXFORD, United Kingdom, 23 March 2021 – Amane Advisors, the premier global consultancy and advisory focused on the water industry, announces that Bastien Simeon has joined the firm as it newest partner. With a...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Winter 2021 Issue By Sidney Loeb, Desalination, vol. 1 (1966) pp. 35–49 Nominated by: Miriam Balaban Desalination, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus (1966–2009), Desalination and Water Treatment, Editor-in-Chief (2009 to date). Secretary General EDS, Research Associate MIT balabanmiriam@gmail.com, balaban@mit.edu One of the first papers I published in Volume 1 of Desalination was this paper by Sidney Loeb. His greatest pride was the...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Winter 2021 Issue By K.L. Lee et al. K.L.Lee, R.W.Baker, H.K.Lonsdale “Membranes for power generation by pressure-retarded osmosis” Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1981, Pages 141-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0376-7388(00)82088-8 Nominated by: Menachem Elimelech, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University menachem.elimelech@yale.edu https://elimelechlab.yale.edu/menachem-elimelech K.L. Lee et al. presented an excellent overview, derivation, and experimental results for the behavior of water flux through...
A new Saudi Number at Guinness: The World’s Lowest Energy-Consuming Mobile desalination plants. SWCC sets a new record of unprecedented Guinness World Records of reducing the energy consumption in its new mobile plants to 2.27 kW per cubic meter of desalinated water. In favor of strengthen its global leadership on the desalination industry by reducing...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Winter 2021 Issue The Invention of the modern RO membrane by Loeb, S., and Surirajan, S. 1964. US Patent 3,133,132. And the thermodynamics of the process by Spiegler KS, Kedem O. Thermodynamics of hyperfiltration (reverse osmosis): criteria for efficient membranes. Desalination. 1966;1:311–326. Nominated by: Raphael, PhD, PE Department of Chemical Engineering Technion, Israel Institute of Technology cesemiat@technion.ac.ii My...
